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Category: Parteen weir

Posted on January 13, 2020

Parteen Regulating Weir, January 2020

Parteen Regulating Weir, January 2020. This weir severs the Lower River Shannon SAC. For the last few months ESB Networks have been abstracting c.97% of the water in the river…

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Posted on January 13, 2020January 13, 2020

Sustainable management is not too much to ask for

We will never be able to remove the dams at Ardnacrusha and Parteen – too much development has taken place on the flood plains. I took this drone shot in…

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Posted on June 15, 2018June 17, 2018

Sixty years of failure at Parteen Salmon Hatchery

The ESB salmon hatchery at Parteen weir is open 60 years this year and over that time it has released c.30 million juvenile salmon into the River Shannon. However, runs…

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Posted on September 24, 2017October 13, 2017

World Rivers Day 2017

World Rivers Day took place on 24th September 2017 and to mark this day we visited Parteen Regulating Weir to take some aerial photos. The ESB abstract up 400 tonnes…

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Posted on March 6, 2016March 13, 2016

Study shows dramatic impact of ESB dams on salmon

A new study just published shows that salmon runs on Shannon are less than five percent of what they should be. This is due to the impact of ESB dams. Essentially the salmon…

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Posted on August 20, 2015June 16, 2018

Parteen Weir: commentary and images

Here are some aerial photos and a video of Parteen Regulating Weir taken during July 2015. The headrace canal which transfers abstracted water to Ardnacrusha Hydroelectric Station is also featured.…

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Posted on December 18, 2014

Parteen weir, December 2014

These are some selected photos of Parteen weir on the Lower River Shannon which were taken during December 2014. Parteen weir regulates the water flow in the Old River Shannon and diverts…

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Posted on May 7, 2014September 15, 2014

No elver traps operating on the River Shannon

Rivers across Europe are currently experiencing a phenomenal increase in the runs of juvenile eels, or elvers. The numbers that have arrived into rivers such as the River Severn in…

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